POULTRY NEWS

En-masse death of over a thousand chickens at a poultry farm in a seaside village triggered panic with the locals suspecting the death to be an outbreak of bird flu.

“Around 1,100 birds including chicks died during the past one week. After the deaths were reported to us by the farm owner Bankim Majhi, we rushed to the poultry farm. After sounding an alert, the bodies of chickens were subjected to laboratory test at the district veterinary college,” Chief District Veterinary Officer (CDVO), Chaitanya Charan Sethy said.

Dr. Sujit Kulkarni, Managing Director, BIOMIN India, was present with his team at the awards ceremony to receive the honour. “We are extremely proud to receive this award from the Indian Poultry Journalist Association. Our team has worked very hard over the years, and the award is testament to our continuous efforts, with the aim of providing the highest level of customer service. It is indeed a humbling experience for us; we are committed more than ever to providing our best service and solutions to our customers and the market,” says Dr. Kulkarni.

Panaji: The state department of animal husbandry and veterinary services will allow the resumption of poultry import from Karnataka to Goa, as they have received an e-mail from the Pune laboratory saying it is safe to do so. Officials are awaiting the district magistrate's order to lift the ban which was imposed in the state in July.

New Delhi August 15: Animals in factory farms and laboratories are deprived of the ability to engage in many natural behaviours, and are intensively confined in cages and crates so small they cannot even turn around. The physical barriers that ensure their confinement are in fact reminders of the greed that makes people place profits above the welfare of animals, and doesn’t allow them even the most basic freedoms.

Thiruvananthapuram: Ever given some serious thoughts about the chicken in your sandwich or the roasted chicken curry in your kid's lunch box? The Kerala State Poultry Development Corporation (Kepco) is urging people to have second thoughts on broiler chicken that has become part of their daily meals.

Panaji: Goa’s ban on poultry coming in from Karnataka may be due for a review shortly with the animal husbandry department planning to write to the Pune-based Western Region Disease Diagnostic Laboratory on the need for it.The ban was imposed after the WDDL cautioned the department against importing poultry from Karnataka due to bird flu cases reported in that state.

By coating paper trays with a mixture of silver nanoparticles and binders, scientists at the Chennai-based Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS) have been able to increase the shelf life of eggs by at least 14 days. This was possible by using silver nanoparticle-coated paper trays that killed both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria found on egg shells. The results were published on June 7 in the journal Bulletin of Materials Science.

There’s a hue and cry about the soaring price of pulses, the primary source of protein for Indian vegetarians. But non-vegetarians, or more precisely eggitarians, too, don’t have it easy. Prices of their key protein source have been hitting record levels in recent months, with retail egg prices in some pockets of the country topping a record ₹5 this July. Domestic egg prices seem set to soar even higher in the coming months.

NEW DELHI: Expressing concern over the cruelty of keeping egg-lying hens in wire cages in poultry farms, the Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre to implement the rules recommended by Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) soon. A bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur was shocked to hear as to how the chicken is transported to the butcher in cages and said, “It is a cruelty to keep five birds in a cage which was meager space of 450 sq cm space for each bird.”

With egg production expected to due to contamination in feed ingredients, poultry farmers were asked to test feed ingredients for mycotoxin and use toxin binder in feed accordingly.

A press release from Agromet Field Unit of Veterinary College and Research Institute and Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai said that the sky will be generally cloudy with chance of isolated drizzling in the next two days. Maximum and minimum temperature will be around 35 degree Celsius, and 24 degree Celsius respectively.

PUNE: Retail prices of chicken may not see a drastic fall in August even though demand is expected to be weak given that the period coincides with the Hindu holy month of Shravan during which many believers give up non-vegetarian food.

Industry executives, however, say prices will remain under pressure and to avoid losses like in the previous year, chicken producers plan to cut output by 30-35%. Chicken producers and farmers had suffered huge losses last year because of over production, decline in rural consumption due to drought and subdued prices

Overview of Poultry Sector In India :India is the third largest egg and fifth largest poultry meat producer in the world with about 60 billion eggs and 2.2 million metric tons of chicken meat. This production is achieved generally by commercial poultry operations; however a significant contribution comes from rural poultry farming operations also.

Indore: Egg and chicken consumption have dropped by 50 per cent due to on-going holy month of shrawan, when people fast and give up non-vegetarian food due to upcoming religious festivals.The demand for egg in the Indore market has suddenly dropped to 3 lakh pieces per day from 4.5 lakh pieces per day, according to the industry participants.

The holy shrawan month started from July 20 and will extend till August 18 while major Hindu festivals such as Rakshabandhan, Janmashtami and Ganesh Chaturthi are falling in the months of August and September

The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the Centre over a plea seeking rules to prevent cruelty to egg-laying hens in poultry farms.The Centre has been given one week's time to respond to the notice by the apex court.

The Animal Welfare Board has filed the Petition complaining that hens were being kept in cages in an overcrowded condition without any room for even the slightest movement.The petitioner has sought transfer of four PIL pending in high courts.The next date of the hearing is on August 5.

The Odisha government has decided to open 53 chicken-fresh outlets across the state to create self-employment and boost sales, said an official on Thursday.

The government has launched a state plan scheme for opening of chicken-fresh outlets in urban areas of the state.The scheme has been approved for opening of 53 outlets in various district headquarters and important urban centres in the first phase, said Fisheries and Animal Resource Development secretary Bishnupada Sethi.

NEW DELHI: India can approach the World Trade Organization's compliance panel to preempt the US from imposing trade sanctions following its allegation that India failed to comply with the intergovernmental organisation's ruling on American poultry imports, according to a senior official.

With rain continuing, poultry farmers should be cautious while procuring raw materials. They should check for mycotoxin, especially aflatoxin.

A press release from the Agromet Field Unit of Veterinary College and Research Institute and Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai, said that sky will remain cloudy with chance of scattered rainfall in the next two days. Maximum and minimum temperatures respectively will be 35 degree Celsius, and 24 degree Celsius, it added.